For the first nine months of 1998, Karisoke staff had no access to the Parc National des Volcans. Negotiations to visit the gorillas took place from late August, and these led to the first visit on September, 29 permitted and facilitated by military escorts. When Karisoke trackers began making weekly visits to the three research
Rwanda Gorilla Population Rise to 72
The gorillas of the Karisoke research groups now comprise a total of 72 individuals, an increase from 63 a year ago. The individual histories of each group member remain complete as the collection of detailed long-term data was restarted in May. In March 1995, the Karisoke field assistants witnessed an encounter between Pablo’s group and